This is a very interesting fantasy story set in a world where a person's gender, their last name, their social role and their future relationships are all determined based on the part of the moon cycle they are born under. Children born under the dark moon are normally banished from the community, but Sohmeng born only shortly before the moon phases changed was hidden by her parents and only introduced under a more favorable moon.
I really enjoyed the worldbuilding in this story, it is lush and interesting and I could envision the scenary particularly well, which made the book really intruiging. The characters and especially the sentient lizard race were also fascinating and interesting and I am excited to learn more about them in the sequel.
All in all this is a wonderful queer and magical coming-of-age story with some cool action scenes and exploration of nature vs nurture when it comes to identity formation, but mainly a lot of heart and insights into community, the good, the bad and the ugly. I enjoyed it a lot.